Jannik Opitz and Mert Alkaya will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Soma Bay Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mert Alkaya who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mert Alkaya is the pick to win this match.
Mert Alkaya -> 1.24
Jannik Opitz -> 3.56

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Prediction and head to head Jannik Opitz vs. Mert Alkaya

There is no head to head record between Jannik Opitz and Mert Alkaya since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Jannik Opitz

Currently unranked, Jannik got to the 1^st round after defeating Millen Hurrion 7-6(6) 7-5 and Daniil Ostapenkov 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications, Jannik had a good straight sets win against Ostapenkov (6-3 6-3). During the match, Opitz scored 57 points vs Ostapenkov’s 42. Opitz was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Opitz managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jannik Opitz was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jannik broke Ostapenkov 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The German started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Opitz has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (57-40). 6-2 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Opitz has a composed18-8 record in the last 6 years on hard.

Opitz has a composed 14-9 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Soma Bay Challenger

Jannik has never competed in this tournament before.

Mert Alkaya

Ranked no. 473, Mert will start his run in the Soma Bay Challenger after he played his last match in the Monastir Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-3

to Brunclik in the quarter on the 31^st of October.

Alkaya has a composed 51-22 win-loss record in 2025, 51-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Mert’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Turku.

In terms of his career, Alkaya has an overall 162-119 record. He has a positive 84-38 record on hard.

Tennis Scores in Soma Bay Challenger

• Jay ClarkeClarke – Fares ZakariaZakaria (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Toby SamuelSamuel – Ilia SimakinSimakin (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Giles HusseyHussey – Henry BernetBernet (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Michael Bassem SobhyBassem Sobhy – Mirza BasicBasic (6-3 6-7⁵ 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Radu AlbotAlbot – Vladyslav OrlovOrlov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jelle SelsSels – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dominik KellovskyKellovsky – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mert AlkayaAlkaya – Jannik OpitzOpitz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Pietro Orlando FellinOrlando Fellin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mathys ErhardErhard – Matthew SummersSummers (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro Vives MarcosVives Marcos – (0-0) – H2H and prediction